Trump insisted he liked Macron, before continuing: "Hard to believe, isn't it?" But the whole joke is wearing thin for many European leaders. They have spent a year trying to flatter, impress and appease the US president and in return have been presented with their biggest threat to date.

President Donald Trump, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said no other country is in a position to defend Greenland but the United States.

President Donald Trump’s winding, antagonistic speech to business moguls and government officials in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday was hardly a salve to concerns the Western Alliance is at its breaking point.

It comes after Trump says he will add a 10% tariff to goods imported from eight European countries that oppose his plan to take over Greenland.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has decided not to follow through on his threat to impose new tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland following a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

President Donald Trump was addressing the World Economic Forum — where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies and overshadow his original plan to use his appearance at the gathering of global elites to address affordability issues back home.

President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on European allies at Davos World Economic Forum as tensions rise over trade deals and his demands to acquire Greenland from Denmark.

President Trump kept mistakenly referring to Greenland with its neighbor Iceland four times and once on Tuesday.

European leaders were disgusted with President Donald Trump blasting their continent for not being "recognizable" during his Davos speech, CNN reported

The U.S. president is set to meet with an array of leaders to discuss Greenland. Trump's push to acquire Greenland has turned to antagonism toward allies in recent days.

“We want a piece of ice for world protection, and they won’t give it,” Trump said of his desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark. “You can say ‘yes’ and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say ‘no’ and we will remember.”